yiddish king lear造句

• His first acting role was in Jacob Mikhailovich Gordin's " Yiddish King Lear " and he stuck with acting, spending less time directing orchestras.
• A song of Grodner's about an old father turned away by his children would later be the germ of the idea for " The Yiddish King Lear ".
• Some of the most important Yiddish playwrights of the first era included : Jacob Gordin ( 1853 1909 ), known for plays such as " The Yiddish King Lear " and for his translations and adaptations of Tolstoy, Solomon Libin ( 1872 1955 ), David Pinski ( 1872 1959 ), and Leon Kobrin ( 1872 1946 ).
• Gordin's first two plays, " Siberia " and " Two Worlds " were commercial failures so much so that Mogulesko and Kessler quit the company but " The Yiddish King Lear ", starring Adler and his new wife Sara was such a success that the play eventually transferred to Finkel's larger National Theater.
• After Adler recruited Jacob Gordin as a playwright and found a way to draw the masses to serious theater with Gordin's " The Yiddish King Lear ", and then turned to Shakespeare's " Othello ", Thomashefsky decided to show that he could compete on that ground as well, and responded with the first Yiddish production of Shakespeare's " Hamlet ", in which, by all reports, he acquitted himself excellently . [ Adler, 1999, 329, 330 ] His production of " Hamlet " was more than just a direct translation.
• The title role became a pillar of Adler's image and career . " Theater Magazine " wrote of Adler's performance in a 1901 revival of " The Yiddish King Lear ", " No finer acting has ever been seen in New York than Adler's gradual transition from the high estate of the Hebrew father distributing his bounty in the opening scenes to the quavering blind beggar of later developments . " After Adler's 1920 stroke, when he was nearly paralyzed, on several occasions he played Act I of " The Yiddish King Lear " as part of a benefit performance : his character remained seated throughout this act.
• The title role became a pillar of Adler's image and career . " Theater Magazine " wrote of Adler's performance in a 1901 revival of " The Yiddish King Lear ", " No finer acting has ever been seen in New York than Adler's gradual transition from the high estate of the Hebrew father distributing his bounty in the opening scenes to the quavering blind beggar of later developments . " After Adler's 1920 stroke, when he was nearly paralyzed, on several occasions he played Act I of " The Yiddish King Lear " as part of a benefit performance : his character remained seated throughout this act.